The Lee Navigation was actually built in stages from the 1600’s to the Mid 1800’s, with the main body of the work being undertaken in…
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The Limehouse Cut – first navigable canal ever built in London
The now demolished Premier Metropolis factory, Burdett Road, Limehouse Flats on the site of the Premier Metropolis factory ‘The Pier’ or whatever! Useful observation platform…
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The first canal scheme in London: The Limehouse Cut was the first navigable artifical waterway (the much earlier New River was built as a water…
Continue ReadingIn Retrospect: Is the Lee Navigation a canal or river?
From Hertfordshire.com“The River Lee (or Lea) runs through Hertford on its way to London and it is joined in Hertford by three other rivers, the…
Continue ReadingThe Lee Navigation – Ware Park, New Gauge and Hertford
The final section of the Lee Navigation is just over three miles long. The course of the River Lea has been utilised since the weir…
Continue ReadingThe Lee Navigation – Stanstead lock and Gazebos
The River Lea conitnues to be used by the Lee Navigation as far as Stanstead Lock, after which it returns to its own artificial cut,…
Continue ReadingThe Lee Navigation – Kings Weir to Rye House
Immediately after Kings Weir is Wormley, a popular mooring spot. There are good walks in all directions from here, from viewing the spectacular cascade at…
Continue ReadingThe Lee Navigation – Rammey Marsh to Kings Weir
The 1835 iron bridge at Rammey Marsh Lock. It was closed recently due to structural faultsRammey Marsh is the second of two partially mechanised locks…
Continue ReadingLee Navigation – the old order at Waltham
The Lee Navigation once connected into the actual River Lea for a short distance from a point just above the M25 at Rammey Marsh as…
Continue ReadingThe Lee Navigation – Rammey Marsh and Waltham Abbey
The lock and 1835 iron bridge at Rammey Marsh.This section of the Lee Navigation was the last to be constructed outside of London, and the…
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